William H. Walker

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In 1880 William H. Walker founded the photographic camera manufacturing business called Wm. H. Walker and Co. in Rochester, New York. It made several variants of Walker's Pocket Camera, a handsome wooden box camera. In 1882 he joined with W. H. Reid and J. Inglis producing photographic dry plates. In 1883 he sold his businesses to W. F. Carlton who renamed the company to Rochester Optical Co.. In the same year Walker joined George Eastman's company. Together they introduced the Eastman-Walker Roll Holder for rollfilm. Walker became a manager for Eastman's English plant.

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